NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON GBV
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)is the most widespread human rights violation with a recorded every 1 in 3 women having experienced some form of violence in their lives. This…
Break The Silence to #breakthebias
There is no better day, time, and occasion to remind us all that to achieve gender equality and break the bias, we must put a stop to all forms of…
Meet The Shero: Dr Kakenya Ntaiya
In Maasai culture, every Girl is to be engaged at the age of five, circumcised as a teenager, and immediately married off to her most prospective suitor. This tradition has…
Women, Girls, and the Power of Technology
“I always say the future is female, but indeed technology is the future.” On this International Day of the Girl Child, I urge all of us to look for ways…
Patriarchy kills men too
Perhaps, the fundamental challenge women like me face is that we were raised to be perfect for partners for themselves are not perfect. However, these men do not most likely…
Inspiring women and Girls
Every day we show up and do our work is an opportunity to inspire the upcoming generation. We have a lot of work to do to change the existing narrative…
The Northern Woman’s life of violence and domestic abuse
From being deprived of access to equal education, work and a free reign to effectively compete with their male counterpart, Northern Nigerian women are going through steady assaults on both…
Islam, Feminism, and Culture
Growing up as a girl, I have seen a lot of injustices committed against women. With time, I began to ask questions as to why women are considered vulnerable, voiceless…
Women in Northern Nigeria Need to Be Their Own Voice
For over half a century, women in northern Nigeria have been bearing the brunt of institutional neglect, domestic violence and stifling campaigns against any female activist who dares to speak…
Save-our-soul: sign the petition
Save-our-souls- Gaining traction
It is said that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, that was exactly how this journey started, the journey to save the souls of women…
The failed woman: Binta Kasim Mohammed
Where does the concept of the failed woman stem from? Society needs to redefine what failure and success are. And women themselves also need to redefine success or failure while…
Living under a tyrant: Khadijah Gambo Hawaja
"For a very long time, girls and women have had to go through a series of untold hardships, yet the society through the use of an oppressive culture and manipulation…
Nigeria and patriarchy – Mabel Olow Sibi Agbenyo
The patriarchal system in Nigeria has eaten so deep that even some acclaimed Feminist and Womanist don’t know when they are being patriarchal. That is why they would be advising…
Hero’s Quote: Anthony Guteres
The world's most perversive manifestation of descrimination affects fully half of mankind - Women and Girls. Let's never forget gender equality is a question of power, and power still lies…
Sheroes Quote
We need to come together, Women activists, women artists, feminists. We all need to come together and cooperate together no matter how hard it is. Everyday, we have to fight…
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Friday Quote: Amal Clooney
“People don’t choose to become a refugee, they’re just victims of war and they are victims of circumstance. They were born in the wrong place at the wrong time and…
FCDA and its war on women – Jibril Ibrahim
There is an open war against women in Abuja. And the justification is a moral crusade against so-called prostitutes but not their male customers who are apparently considered the moral…
Women; complex creatures – men
The eternal cry of men: “I don’t understand women!” Women are mysterious to men: they do not understand why we take so long to dress; the number of shoes we…
